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Iida Yrjö-Koskinen ( Petander; 1857–1937) was a Finnish politician, teacher and journalist, who served as a Member of the
Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral and Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that ...
between 1909 and 1919, first representing the
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and later the
National Coalition Party The National Coalition Party (NCP; , Kok; , Saml) is a liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in Finland, political party in Finland. It is the current governing political party of Finland. Founded in 1918, the ...
. Her parliamentary career included the period leading to, and declaring, Finland's independence. She was also an
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in the 1925 Finnish presidential election. Yrjö-Koskinen trained as a teacher, qualifying in 1879, and working for over 20 years as a teacher, first in
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and later in
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. In her later career she worked as a journalist. She dedicated her career to improving women's rights and education, and the welfare of underprivileged people. In 1884, she married ''Freiherr'' , which gave her the noble title of ''Freiherrin'' ( Finnish: ''Vapaaherratar'').


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20th-century Finnish politicians National Coalition Party politicians Finnish Party politicians 20th-century Finnish educators Finnish journalists Members of the Parliament of Finland (1909–1910) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1910–1911) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1911–1913) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1913–1916) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1916–1917) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1917–1919) 20th-century Finnish nobility Politicians from Kuopio Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) 1857 births 1937 deaths {{Finland-politician-stub